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Development Without Us: Village Agency and Land Confiscations in Southeast Myanmar
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Karen Human Rights Group, KHRG
2018
Ten years since our report on ‘Village Agency: Rural Rights and Resistance in Militarised Karen State’, KHRG’s agency approach is as important as ever to understanding the exper...
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From Conflicting to Complementing: The Formalisation of Customary Land Management Systems Governing Swidden Cultivation in Myanmar
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jim Ennion, Victoria University of Wellington
2015
Swiddening is a traditional and widespread agricultural system in mountainous regions of Southeast Asia. It is prevalent in Myanmar’s hilly border region. However, economic, pol...
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A Strategic Agricultural Sector and Food Security Diagnostic for Myanmar
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Tin Maung Than, Zaw Oo, Tun Min Sandar, Ngu Wah Win, Duncan...
2013
Despite its enormous potential, Myanmar’s agriculture has underperformed over the past fifty years. Today, per capita earnings in agriculture average roughly $200 a year, one-ha...
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Agro-Based Industries in Myanmar: The Long Road to Industrialisation
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
San Thein, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE)
2006
The development objective of agro-based industry as one of policy instruments of industrialization had been and still continues to pursue over forty years in Myanmar. Yet its pe...
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Whose Crops, at What Price? Agricultural Investment in Myanmar
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jasmine Burnley, Oxfam
2017
After years of international isolation, Myanmar is liberalizing its economy and seeking to attract foreign investment. But while foreign investment can play an important role in...
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Contract farming in ASEAN Countries: a fact finding study
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Oxfam Novib and CREM
2008
This fact finding study was carried out for Oxfam Novib to better understand the role of contract farming in poverty alleviation in ASEAN countries. The literature study is guid...
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National Updates on Agribusiness Large Scale Land Acquisitions in Southeast Asia Brief #8 of 8: Union of Burma
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Sophie Chao, FPP, Forest Peoples Programme
2013
A growing body of literature and studies suggests that Burma has become the ‘latest flashpoint in an alarming trend’ of global land grabs. Sources suggest that the land and reso...
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Political Brief on the Principles of Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
TNI, Transnational Institute
2015
On October 15, 2014, the Member States of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), hosted at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, approved the “Principles on...
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The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Thematic Report on Mortality
Myanmar
Advocacy and promotional materials
Department of Population, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population
2017
This thematic report presents the status of mortality based on the 2014 Census. The analysis shows that Myanmar has recorded declines in childhood mortality in the last three de...
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Variegated borderlands governance in Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture along the China-Myanmar border
China, Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ian Baird, Li Cansong
2017
International borders and associated borderlands—especially as viewed at the national and international scales, and via regional and global-scale maps—are generally thought of a...
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Agro-Business Large Scale Land Acquisition in Myanmar: current situation and ways forward
Myanmar
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
U San Thein, Jean-Christophe Diepart, Céline Allaverdian, Aung Tin Moe
2017
This presentation summarizes an on-going research in Myanmar, carried out by renowned agricultural specialist U San Thein and a team of experts, with the support of MRLG. This r...
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The Contested Areas of Myanmar: Subnational Conflict, Aid, and Development
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Adam Burke, Nicola Williams, Patrick Barron, Kim Jolliffe, Thomas Carr
2017
While the current peace processes in Myanmar are a national endeavor, the broader international community has an important supporting role to play. To contribute to the ongoing ...
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Measuring Myanmar's Starting Point for the Sustainable Development Goals: SDG Baseline Indicator Report
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Central Statistical Organization and UNDP
2017
To monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, reliable and accurate data that reflect the current situations of the country is indispensible. ...
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An Analysis of the Parliamentary Democracy System in Myanmar(1948-62)
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Mi Mi Gyi
2011
After regaining independence in 1948, AFPFL, the strongest political force in Myanmar, formed the first parliamentary government with U Nu as the Prime minister. Between 1948 an...
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Myanmar REDD+ Readiness Roadmap UN-REDD Programme
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
UN-REDD Programme and Ministry of Natural Resources and...
2013
Having signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 11 June 1992 and ratified the convention on 25 November 1994 and the Kyoto Protocol in 2003 a...
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Unlocking the potential: Country diagnostic study
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Asian Development Bank
2014
This report Myanmar: Unlocking the Potential is an output of a comprehensive study carried out by ADB’s Economics and Research Department (ERD) under RETA 8343, Subproject 2 of ...
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Myanmar: Capitalizing on rice export opportunities
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
World Bank, Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund
2014
The report is about campitalising on rice export opportunities in Myanmar. The report highlights that improving agricultural productivity and promoting exports are top prioritie...
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Agribusiness Models for Inclusive Growth in Myanmar: Diagnosis and Ways Forward (WORKING PAPER)
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Dolly Kyaw, MDRI-CESD, Derek Byerlee, L Seng Kham, U San Thein,...
2014
The objective of this study is to provide strategic policy priorities for attracting agribusiness investments and managing land resources for inclusive and sustainable developme...
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Amendment - The Law of the Protection of Farmer Rights and Enhancement of their Benefits (MM)
Myanmar
Amendments
May 29, 2015
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The Law of the Protection of Farmer Rights and Enhancement of their Benefits
Myanmar
Law
March 10, 2013
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